The Charanjit Singh Channi-led Punjab government on Monday appointed senior advocate Amar Preet Singh Deol as the state’s advocate general.
According to a notification issued by the state’s Home Department, Deol’s appointment will come into effect from the date he assumes the charge of his office. Deol is a senior advocate of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and has been a counsel for former Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini, He had been representing the ex-top cop in various cases against him.
Atul Nanda had resigned as the AG after the unceremonious exit of Amarinder Singh as the Punjab chief minister. The government was learnt to have considered earlier names of two other senior advocates for the appointment as the AG, but Deol’s name was reportedly cleared by Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, sources said.
